Tuesday, 26 February 2013

This beautifully soft Baby Snuggle Bunny has been made with 100% wool handspun yarn which makes it incredible soft and natural for baby but you can use any super bulky, super chunky yarn of your choice.

FaceRound 1
Work 10dc into a magic circle, pull to tighten and sl st to join - (10)

Round 2
ch2, 1dc in same st, 2dc in ea st around, sl st in top of 2ch to join, fasten off and tie in all tails - (20)

Ears (make 2)Row 1
Ch9, 1sc in 2nd st from hook and in next 3 sts, 1hdc in next st, 1dc in last 3 sts - (8)

Row 2
Turn your work clockwise and crochet into your foundation row sts (our video on how to do this can be found here) with 2dc in 1st foundation st, 1dc in next 2 sts, 1hdc in next st, 1sc in last 4 sts, fasten off and use remaining yarn to sew onto head.

Finishing

Sew your head onto your body, slightly over-lapping, see photo

Cut out some ear shapes in your felt, slightly smaller than your crocheted ears so they sit inside, and sew onto your ears using some DK/Light worsted weight pink yarn, it doesnt have to be neat as the home-made look is what we want to achieve

Cut out two paw shapes in your felt and sew onto your body at opposite corners

Sew some eyes and a criss-cross mouth onto your face

And now you're done!

HappyBerry will soon be launching our own brand of handspun yarn so keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page and website.for more information!

Saturday, 9 February 2013

Well it had to be done. I enjoyed designing a Chinese dragon so much last year that I had to attempt a snake for this Chinese New Year and I'm quite pleased with how cute he turned out, which is something said for a snake!

So what will you need;

You will need:

Some green yarn. I used DK/Light worsted weight yarn for this snake

Some scraps of black yarn for the eyes

A length of red yarn for the tongue

A 3.5mm crochet hook or any hook suitable for the yarn you are using

Some toy stuffing. You don't need very much so you can use scraps of left over yarn if you like

A single length of florist wire. You can get this from your local florists or you can use some thin wire from your local hardware store. The wire is optional though, it just allows you to shape your snake when he is finished.

Taking your florist wire, bend it in half but make a small triangle shape at the end as shown in the photo. Push your wire into your snake body, making sure the triangle end is in the head area.
Stuff your snake body, but not the head, as best as you can. You don't want it to be too stiff.

Bend the two ends of your wire over, wrapping a small amount of toy stuffing around any sharp ends.

Tip* A clever way of hiding your tail ends inside your work instead of outside is to thread your yarn into your project and out another side, it doesn't matter where, then pull your yarn tight, scrunching up your project a little, cut your yarn and then allow your project to spring back into place, the tail end of your yarn should end up inside your project, hidden away!

Next steps

Gentle squeeze your snake head into shape as per the photo.

Now sew some eyes onto your snake using your black yarn, using the same tip above to hide your ends inside your snake.

Now make the tongue.

To do this get your length of red yarn and tie a knot in the middle, leaving a small loop, see photo.

Now tie lots of knots on top of this knot until you have the desired length of your tongue.

Thread the two ends into your snake and thread them back again to the tongue, tie another knot so the tongue is fixed into place and then hide your tail ends inside your snake.

Using some scissors cut the loop you made previously to create the fork in the snake's tongue. You may want to make it shorter so cut to shape.

The Designer

I am a mummy to a little girl and I love baking, travelling and crocheting, sometimes all at the same time! I am often found immersed under yarn or off on my travels. I crochet with passion, with designs to hopefully catch your imagination and never let go.

All my patterns are in US terminology.

How you can support me.

Want to show your appreciation? I would be honoured if you became a patron of HappyBerry, but I also gratefully accept donations here. Thank you so much!

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